Study: Porn Stars Aren’t “Damaged” by Their ProfessionA report finds adult actresses are happier than the rest of us -- and that being naked might lead to self-esteem.
November 28, 2012 |

A common stereotype of a female porn star is an insecure, sexually abused, mentally ill and/or drug-addled woman. It’s one supported by anecdotes (most memorably by Linda Lovelace’s harrowing autobiography) and rhetoric (the feminist scholar Catharine MacKinnon went so far as to claim that all porn actresses were sexually abused as children). But as for actual research? Eh, not so much.

Now, a new study claims to have debunked this truism, which is known as the “damaged goods hypothesis.”

Some performers were amused by the news. “As a happy, healthy female porn performer, my reaction is: thanks, science, thanks so much for proving I am real,” says writer and porn performer Lorelei Lee in an email.

On a similar note, porn actress Dylan Ryan tells me, “It’s about time that research catches up to the realities for a great many women who perform in porn,” she says in an email. “It’s important to me as a performer that the conversation evolve and develop to make space for the (as in any community and population) diversity of experiences, personalities and lifestyles of porn performers.”

Adult actress and director Kimberly Kane took a different tack. “I’ve found that everyone is damaged no matter what line of work they’re in,” she says.

Researchers compared self-reports from a group of nearly 200 porn actresses to those of women outside the industry who were similar in age, ethnicity and marital status. Not only did the report show no higher incidence of child sexual abuse or psychological problems among female performers, but it actually found that pornsters had higher levels of self-esteem and sexual satisfaction....

I wasn't trying to be religious. Even Jesus hated 'religiosity' in people(Pharisees and Saduccees of his day) Phonies basically who talked one way and lived another. Like you Jesus hated the hypocrisy of his day. I wasn't trying to proselytize anyone just stating the obvious absolute truths of our culture and society of today and how it related to Jesus's words about the end times.

You really miss DC huh?

Keep your fairy tale out of the porn thread douchebag.

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What I miss is the lack of intellectual substantive comebacks/rebuttals on the points I make such as your continual name calling when you have 'nothing' in response such as this one here. Still haven't changed, uh ? You need to grow a pair and finally grow up son

Fairy tale or 'absolute truth' about our moral declining society under the guise of 'Progressive' only in reality to be very 'regressive' ? I believe the latter.

I will never be political for the sake of being political in The Lounge 'unless' the thread topic or opposing poster requires me to do so.

The 'Unbelieving Soul' does not like his soul to be pricked by absolutes especially those absolutes that involve morality.

What I miss is the lack of intellectual substantive comebacks/rebuttals on the points I make such as your continual name calling when you have 'nothing' in response such as this one here. Still haven't changed, uh ? You need to grow a pair and finally grow up son

Fairy tale or 'absolute truth' about our moral declining society under the guise of 'Progressive' only in reality to be very 'regressive' ? I believe the latter.

I will never be political for the sake of being political in The Lounge 'unless' the thread topic or opposing poster requires me to do so.

The 'Unbelieving Soul' does not like his soul to be pricked by absolutes especially those absolutes that involve morality.

Hamas nailed our condition of our society perfectly

There is no absolute morality.

Your bible thinks premarital sex is worse than slavery. **** man, I'm not taking morals from a book that tells me to stone mouthy kids.

Your book's morals are worse than my own. It's almost like they were written in the bronze age.